Amber Flood (Ní Mhaoltuile)
@amberflood.bsky.social
History PhD student. Interested in associational culture and knowledge exchange. Funded by the SWWDTP / AHRC. Based at the University of Exeter & Devon and Exeter Institution.
I won't bore you with my other interests.
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I won't bore you with my other interests.
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#introduction
I'm a collaborative doctoral award student, funded by the @swwdtp.bsky.social, and so I'm very blessed because I get to spend lots of my time at a 200+ year old historic library - The Devon and Exeter Institution. Here is a photo of me delivering a lecture there:
I'm a collaborative doctoral award student, funded by the @swwdtp.bsky.social, and so I'm very blessed because I get to spend lots of my time at a 200+ year old historic library - The Devon and Exeter Institution. Here is a photo of me delivering a lecture there:
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Library Shelfie Day is always a great excuse to show off the variety of ages, colours, shapes and sizes on the shelves of our rare book collections!
📷 Syon Abbey Library, Chris Brooks Collection, Hypatia Collection and Dodderidge Parish Library
#LibraryShelfieDay #ShelfieDay #RareBooks
📷 Syon Abbey Library, Chris Brooks Collection, Hypatia Collection and Dodderidge Parish Library
#LibraryShelfieDay #ShelfieDay #RareBooks
January 28, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Library Shelfie Day is always a great excuse to show off the variety of ages, colours, shapes and sizes on the shelves of our rare book collections!
📷 Syon Abbey Library, Chris Brooks Collection, Hypatia Collection and Dodderidge Parish Library
#LibraryShelfieDay #ShelfieDay #RareBooks
📷 Syon Abbey Library, Chris Brooks Collection, Hypatia Collection and Dodderidge Parish Library
#LibraryShelfieDay #ShelfieDay #RareBooks
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📣DEADLINE EXTENDED!
We are delighted to announce that we're extending the deadline for applications to our 50th anniversary conference!
At this busy time, we want as many people as possible to have the chance to apply.
Now accepting applications until 23 Jan!
socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
We are delighted to announce that we're extending the deadline for applications to our 50th anniversary conference!
At this busy time, we want as many people as possible to have the chance to apply.
Now accepting applications until 23 Jan!
socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
Conference
Visit the post for more.
socialhistory.org.uk
January 16, 2026 at 12:07 PM
📣DEADLINE EXTENDED!
We are delighted to announce that we're extending the deadline for applications to our 50th anniversary conference!
At this busy time, we want as many people as possible to have the chance to apply.
Now accepting applications until 23 Jan!
socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
We are delighted to announce that we're extending the deadline for applications to our 50th anniversary conference!
At this busy time, we want as many people as possible to have the chance to apply.
Now accepting applications until 23 Jan!
socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
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29 January 2026 | Doors open 6pm | Tickets available via TicketTailor (£10)
January 16, 2026 at 12:06 PM
29 January 2026 | Doors open 6pm | Tickets available via TicketTailor (£10)
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Does your church have an issue with dogs wandering in? Get yourself some LAZY TONGS.
January 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Does your church have an issue with dogs wandering in? Get yourself some LAZY TONGS.
Amazing to see my county and my old secondary school represented in the news this week! Up Kerry! Well done to all
On Kerry Today with @jerosullivanrk.bsky.social
The Kingdom conquers all. It's Kerry's world - the rest of the universe just happens to live in it. 😃
- Jessie Buckley wins the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a drama. 1/
www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
The Kingdom conquers all. It's Kerry's world - the rest of the universe just happens to live in it. 😃
- Jessie Buckley wins the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a drama. 1/
www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
'This is not a normal feeling': Jessie Buckley wins Golden Globe for Hamnet
Paul Mescal loses out to Stellan Skarsgård in best supporting actor category
www.irishtimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Amazing to see my county and my old secondary school represented in the news this week! Up Kerry! Well done to all
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Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! Sharing again for morning Bluesky!
January 15, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! Sharing again for morning Bluesky!
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No Google that is not what I meant.
I passed the Pikeman statues in Wexford on the way to the ferry and thought they were really cool! There's one in my hometown that was destroyed by the Black and Tans during the War of Independence and re-erected later.
historyireland.com/the-pikeman-...
I passed the Pikeman statues in Wexford on the way to the ferry and thought they were really cool! There's one in my hometown that was destroyed by the Black and Tans during the War of Independence and re-erected later.
historyireland.com/the-pikeman-...
January 11, 2026 at 10:59 AM
No Google that is not what I meant.
I passed the Pikeman statues in Wexford on the way to the ferry and thought they were really cool! There's one in my hometown that was destroyed by the Black and Tans during the War of Independence and re-erected later.
historyireland.com/the-pikeman-...
I passed the Pikeman statues in Wexford on the way to the ferry and thought they were really cool! There's one in my hometown that was destroyed by the Black and Tans during the War of Independence and re-erected later.
historyireland.com/the-pikeman-...
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If you're looking for #history networks on BlueSky in 2026, our Starter Pack - recently updated - has details of 150 leading societies, organisations and groups active in the UK and Ireland bit.ly/4ptl0On
#Skystorians
#Skystorians
Societies & groups for historians, UK and Ireland
Join the conversation
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January 7, 2026 at 1:39 PM
If you're looking for #history networks on BlueSky in 2026, our Starter Pack - recently updated - has details of 150 leading societies, organisations and groups active in the UK and Ireland bit.ly/4ptl0On
#Skystorians
#Skystorians
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Our good friends at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris are advertising a short-term research fellowship in their old library and historical archives. Check it out at portail.centreculturelirlandais.com/index.php?lv...
January 7, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Our good friends at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris are advertising a short-term research fellowship in their old library and historical archives. Check it out at portail.centreculturelirlandais.com/index.php?lv...
2026 - the year I submit my PhD thesis (all going well 🤞) Had to reset the brain with a walk on Banna before returning to England to write the rest of the thing up!!
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
2026 - the year I submit my PhD thesis (all going well 🤞) Had to reset the brain with a walk on Banna before returning to England to write the rest of the thing up!!
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Since they have all deleted their original posts, I want to make clear that this was said in response to some AI enthusiasts arguing that existing AI could do the job of a historian in part because all existing information you would need to do history research was already on the Internet.
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
December 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Since they have all deleted their original posts, I want to make clear that this was said in response to some AI enthusiasts arguing that existing AI could do the job of a historian in part because all existing information you would need to do history research was already on the Internet.
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Thanks to @irishhiststudies.bsky.social for the opportunity to review this fantastic edited collection by @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social & @jenniferredmond.bsky.social. It’s already been v useful for my research&teaching in Irish gender history -highly recommend! www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2024/t...
December 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Thanks to @irishhiststudies.bsky.social for the opportunity to review this fantastic edited collection by @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social & @jenniferredmond.bsky.social. It’s already been v useful for my research&teaching in Irish gender history -highly recommend! www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2024/t...
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Discipline and Punish, a #conference organised by our colleagues Dr Richard Kirwan and Dr Wouter Kreuze, takes place in @unioflimerick.bsky.social in January. Details at malcontents.hcommons.org/conference/
December 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Discipline and Punish, a #conference organised by our colleagues Dr Richard Kirwan and Dr Wouter Kreuze, takes place in @unioflimerick.bsky.social in January. Details at malcontents.hcommons.org/conference/
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CfP 'Intimacies in nineteenth-century Ireland' @ssnci.bsky.social annual conference in June 2026. Deadline 1 Feb 2026! For details see
ssnci.org/annual-confe...
ssnci.org/annual-confe...
Annual Conference 2026 | The Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland
ssnci.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
CfP 'Intimacies in nineteenth-century Ireland' @ssnci.bsky.social annual conference in June 2026. Deadline 1 Feb 2026! For details see
ssnci.org/annual-confe...
ssnci.org/annual-confe...
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I call this "The Lying Screen"
December 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I call this "The Lying Screen"
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A radical new field of history asks if we can ever really understand how our forebears experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow, Gal Beckerman writes.
You Had to Be There
An emerging field of history asks if we can ever really understand how our forebears experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A radical new field of history asks if we can ever really understand how our forebears experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow, Gal Beckerman writes.
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WINTER Term Card:
We are excited to share our seminar schedule for next term! Our slate of speakers cover a range of #18thc British history topics.
Registrations are now open (with paper abstracts) at the link below 👎
@ihr.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
We are excited to share our seminar schedule for next term! Our slate of speakers cover a range of #18thc British history topics.
Registrations are now open (with paper abstracts) at the link below 👎
@ihr.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
December 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
WINTER Term Card:
We are excited to share our seminar schedule for next term! Our slate of speakers cover a range of #18thc British history topics.
Registrations are now open (with paper abstracts) at the link below 👎
@ihr.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
We are excited to share our seminar schedule for next term! Our slate of speakers cover a range of #18thc British history topics.
Registrations are now open (with paper abstracts) at the link below 👎
@ihr.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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📣Today we're launching the #CfP for the 1-day conference 'Broken Bonds: New Perspectives on Marital Breakdown in the English Common Law World 1801-1969' online & in-person 20 April 2026 #history #familylaw #divorce
CfP deadline is 2 Feb 2026
See 👇for details.
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
CfP deadline is 2 Feb 2026
See 👇for details.
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
December 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
📣Today we're launching the #CfP for the 1-day conference 'Broken Bonds: New Perspectives on Marital Breakdown in the English Common Law World 1801-1969' online & in-person 20 April 2026 #history #familylaw #divorce
CfP deadline is 2 Feb 2026
See 👇for details.
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
CfP deadline is 2 Feb 2026
See 👇for details.
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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Women were first admitted to the Linnean Society in 1905, after a campaign by Marian Farquharson. This portrait by James Sant shows the first formal admission of women as Fellows. buff.ly/vcmY3sD #EYAInclusion
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Women were first admitted to the Linnean Society in 1905, after a campaign by Marian Farquharson. This portrait by James Sant shows the first formal admission of women as Fellows. buff.ly/vcmY3sD #EYAInclusion
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"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England
Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
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This year’s overpriced advent calendar is….The Simpsons
(How could you Krusty?! I’d never lend my name to an inferior product)
(How could you Krusty?! I’d never lend my name to an inferior product)
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This year’s overpriced advent calendar is….The Simpsons
(How could you Krusty?! I’d never lend my name to an inferior product)
(How could you Krusty?! I’d never lend my name to an inferior product)
I love a serendipitous 19th C newspaper find! Nice to know that we've always been laughing in situations we're not supposed to... (Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, 11 Sept. 1830)
December 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I love a serendipitous 19th C newspaper find! Nice to know that we've always been laughing in situations we're not supposed to... (Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, 11 Sept. 1830)